Fran L. Caruso - Richmond, VA

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Richmond, School of Law, Richmond, Virginia
    Juris Doctor
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Regulating Reproduction
    Honors: Sterilization for Classification – Virginia’s Prerequisite to Changing Sex on a Birth Certificate
    Honors: Awarded Top Student, Legal Writing/Law Skills Course
    Honors: Client Counseling and Negotiation Board (President)
    Law Review: University of Richmond Law Review, Manuscripts Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Vanderbilt University
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: With Honors
    Honors: Sociology Thesis: The Appearance of the Good Father & Non-Gendered Parenting Expectations
    Honors: The Motivational Goal of Perseverance in Pride and Challenge
    Major: Sociology and Psychology
    Minor: Women’s & Gender Studies

Classes and Seminars

• Protecting Against We Don’t Know: Counseling and Protecting Clients When Technology Outpaces Law, Vol. 6, No. 2 VBA: Opening Statement 6 (Spring 2018)
  
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Paralegal Seminar, Adoptions, Artificial Insemination, Surrogacy, November 2020
  
• Presenter, VCU’s Virginia Treatment Center for Children medical staff, Complex Guardianship and Custody Issues in Virginia, June 2019

Pro Bono Activities

• Epiphany Lutheran Nursery School, Board Member, Financial Assistance Subcommittee, Member, 2017 - Present
• Sports Backers President’s Council, Community Engagement Committee , 2018 - Present

Bar Admissions

• Virginia
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association, Family Section
• American Bar Association, Assisted Reproductive Technologies Committee
• American Bar Association, Adoption Committee
• Virginia Equality Bar Association
• Metro Richmond Women’s Bar Association
• Henrico County Bar Association
• Richmond Bar Association